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France is assembling a "red team" of sci-fi writers to help it predict what sorts of technologies it might face on the battlefield of the future.

Well-Read Team

They'll "propose scenarios of disruption" to help the military prepare for them.

France Is Hiring Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Future Military Threats

Facebook will now help French courts identify users suspected of spreading hate speech on the platform, a deal it hasn't made with any other nation.

Pointing Fingers

The social media giant has never made such a deal before.

Facebook to Identify Hate Speech-Spouting Users for France

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has unveiled a full-scale hyperloop test track — an important milestone on the path to a functioning hyperloop.

Looped In

This 1,049-foot-long track could usher in the future of transportation.

See a Startup's Newly Unveiled Hyperloop Test Track

Eating Cake

France, it would seem, has had enough of American surveillance.

To Bolster Cybersecurity, France Gives Google the Guillotine

The project lines up with President Macron's dreams for the country—assuming it succeeds.

Uber Announces Flying Taxi Research Center In France

France's far-right Marine Le Pen is one of the first to face legal action. 

Politicians Are Now Facing Legal Action For Sharing Extremists' Posts on Social Media

After 2040, no new drilling permits will be issued and licenses will not be renewed.

France Just Passed a Ban on Fracking and Oil Extraction

The Prime Minister says it’s “unacceptable” that children still die of measles.

France Just Announced a New Law Making 11 Vaccines Mandatory

The newly elected French government announced a series of ambitious measures to decrease reliance on fossil fuels, promote sustainability, and support the environment.

France Just Announced Radical Changes to the Country’s Climate Policy

They’ll travel at speeds up to 200 mph without a human operator.

France Plans to Have Driverless "Drone Trains" Transporting Passengers by 2023

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This road is keeping the lights on in France.

Drive on This: France Has Opened the World's First Solar Road

The bill has manufacturers crying foul. Lawsuit threats have been fired. 

France Just Became the First Country to Ban Plastic Cups, Cutlery, and Plates